Trees

this is the wood pile in the back of my house


"They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em" Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

or
"It'll be you and me up in the trees
And the forest will give us the answers." Marty Casey - Trees - from Rock Star Inxs (yes i watched it, stop judging me)

using them: when talking about trees!

Yesterday K and I cut down a 50 foot hemlock. yup. a 50 foot freakin' tree.
so here's the scenario:
K tied one end of the rope to the tree- about 5 feet up, and one end to the van. He cut a notch in the tree with his trusty chain saw, and then cut the other side.
I was in the van, waiting for the "signal" at which point, I would put the pedal to the metal, and pull the tree down, as there was a bush in the way, I was to turn the van around the tree, down a slight hill, and onto our neighbor's land. If I messed up, in the slightest the tree would fall on: the house, the van, the street, the electical wires, K, the ladder or the cat.
the tension was high, my leg was shaking, on the brake.
The signal came
I went
the tree came down with a HUGE thunderous boom, exactly where it was supposed to.
I went around the bush, but i ran over the sapling pine tree.
Mission: complete.
(except then we had to cut it into small pieces, and move each piece to the burn pile in the rain)
I definitely got my exercise yesterday.